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ispace raises $53.5 million
Posted: Sun, Mar 31 9:08 AM ET (1308 GMT)
Japanese lunar lander developer ispace has raised more than $50 million in a stock sale. The company announced Thursday it sold $53.5 million in...

Japanese SLIM lander awakes after second lunar night
Posted: Sun, Mar 31 9:04 AM ET (1304 GMT)
Japan's SLIM lunar lander continues to defy the odds. The lander has survived a second lunar night and is transmitting data again, the Japanese...

China launches military weather satellite
Posted: Sat, Mar 30 10:11 AM ET (1411 GMT)
China launched another military weather satellite late Tuesday. A Long March 6A rocket lifted off from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 6:51 pm EDT (...

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sat, Mar 30 10:10 AM ET (1410 GMT)
SpaceX launched another set of Starlink satellites Monday evening. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 7:42 pm EDT (2342 GMT) and...

Boeing sues Virgin Galactic over mothership aircraft project
Posted: Sat, Mar 30 10:09 AM ET (1409 GMT)
Boeing and a subsidiary have filed suit against Virgin Galactic over work on a new "mothership" aircraft project. In the suit, Boeing and Aurora Flight...

Soyuz launches to ISS
Posted: Sat, Mar 30 10:07 AM ET (1407 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft is on its way to the ISS after launch March 23. A Soyuz-2.1a rocket lifted off at 8:36 am...

Falcon 9 launches Starlink satellites from Florida
Posted: Sat, Mar 30 10:05 AM ET (1405 GMT)
A Falcon 9 launched a set of Starlink satellites March 23. The Falcon 9 lifted off at 11:09 pm EDT (0309 GMT March 24)...

Cargo Dragon mission launches after Soyuz scrub
Posted: Sun, Mar 24 9:57 AM ET (1357 GMT)
A SpaceX cargo Dragon spacecraft launched to the International Space Station hours after a rare scrub of a Soyuz crewed launch. A Falcon 9 lifted...

Electron launches NRO mission
Posted: Sun, Mar 24 9:52 AM ET (1352 GMT)
Rocket Lab conducted an Electron launch for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) early Thursday. The Electron rocket lifted off at 3:25 am EDT (0725...

China launches military weather satellites
Posted: Sun, Mar 24 9:45 AM ET (1345 GMT)
China launched a set of military weather satellites early Thursday. A Long March 2D rocket launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 1:27...



news in brief
Rocket Lab wins contract for rocket cargo mission
Posted: Sat, May 10 9:49 AM ET (1349 GMT)

Capella Space to be acquired by quantum computing company
Posted: Sat, May 10 9:45 AM ET (1345 GMT)


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